congenital

adjective

/kənˈdʒenɪtl/

(of a disease or medical condition疾病或健康问题) existing since or before birth先天的；天生的
- congenital abnormalities先天畸形
- Half of all fetuses with the syndrome have a congenital heart defect.患有这种综合征的胎儿中有一半患有先天性心脏病。
- Genetic screening can help reduce many congenital diseases.基因筛查可以帮助减少许多先天性疾病。
- Her deafness was congenital.她的耳聋是先天性的。
Topics Illnessc2
[only before noun] existing as part of a person’s character and not likely to change生性的；生就的
- She seems to have a congenital inability to tell the truth.她似乎天生不会说实话。
[only before noun] (of a person人) born with a particular illness生来有病的
- (figurative) a congenital liar (= one who will not change)生性好说谎的人
- He's a congenital liar!他生性好说谎！

词源late 18th cent.: from Latin congenitus, from con- ‘together’ + genitus (past participle of gignere ‘beget’) + -al.

词汇	congenital
释义	congenital adjective /kənˈdʒenɪtl/ /kənˈdʒenɪtl/ (of a disease or medical condition疾病或健康问题) existing since or before birth先天的；天生的 congenital abnormalities先天畸形 Half of all fetuses with the syndrome have a congenital heart defect.患有这种综合征的胎儿中有一半患有先天性心脏病。 Genetic screening can help reduce many congenital diseases.基因筛查可以帮助减少许多先天性疾病。 Her deafness was congenital.她的耳聋是先天性的。 Topics Illnessc2 [only before noun] existing as part of a person’s character and not likely to change生性的；生就的 She seems to have a congenital inability to tell the truth.她似乎天生不会说实话。 [only before noun] (of a person人) born with a particular illness生来有病的 (figurative) a congenital liar (= one who will not change)生性好说谎的人 He's a congenital liar!他生性好说谎！词源late 18th cent.: from Latin congenitus, from con- ‘together’ + genitus (past participle of gignere ‘beget’) + -al.
随便看	nonseparable non-separable nonseparableness nonseparablenesses nonseparably nonseparating nonseparation nonseparations nonseptic non-septic non-sequential nonsequentialities nonsequentiality nonsequestered non sequitur non-sequitur nonsequitur non sequiturs nonseraphic nonseraphical nonseraphically nonserial non-serial nonserially nonserials